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 plunge into the Ganges some parts of Vinnamala village in Sagutur taluk were charitably given to meet the daily worship of Sree Viswanadha at Nayudupet. A big choultry was built at Hanumathghat for lodging and feeding mendicant pilgrims. In the name of his revered father an idol of Svarnesvvara was set up in the temple of Kedaraswami. He next visited Prayag, Matra, Brindavan, Gokula, Govardhana and other holy places. From Brindavan he returned to Benares with the holy feet of Radha Krishna and from Ayodhiya he received the holy feet of Sita Rama and with these he marched to Gaya, on the occasion of the unique ceremony known as Gayasradha the annual income of Hastakaveri was transferred to the name of Sankarlal. With this Ganges water he started in 1868 on his second pilgrimage to Rameswaram. On his way he presented a diamond necklace to Rajamannarswami. He reached Dhanushkoti at the time of a solar